Chapter 69: News of the Underground City

  As time went on, the recruitment and resource mobilization of various forces came to an end. Ankud, Lobito, and Kardela, which are closest to the Council City, have gathered 7,000, 3,000, and 4,000 Sart warriors respectively. As the man from Maroc predicted, there were only 14,000 people, and they were not even under unified command.

  At this time, all forces also learned that the news of the dissolution of the parliament had spread to several cities on the west side of the Parliament City. In those cities, there were not small forces of ambitious people who took advantage of the coup in the Parliament City and launched their own plans.

  They declared their support for the Emperor Azura of Parliament's Hold and dispatched troops to garrison Ankud and Caldera, splitting a total force of only three thousand into two parts. Though unable to attack any power, they were more than sufficient for defense. Either side attacking Parliament's Hold from Ankud or Arica would risk being attacked in the rear by this army.

  Ankhud and Arika were thus unable to attack the Parliament City, as they had to defend their rear. The forces led by Sanfei, even with the addition of the 1,000 people still in training, only numbered 4,000. To attack the Parliament City, which was guarded by more than 10,000 people, could only be a joke.

  This situation made Mo Yan somewhat anxious. If the Sart people didn't start fighting, then the sales of weapons would only stop at this point and wouldn't be able to make any progress. The things he had planned also wouldn't be able to come true. Mo Yan had already started expanding the outer city of Lei Ting Village, but was waiting for those refugees who hadn't been produced yet to move in.

  Mo Yan, as a third party unrelated person, wrote three letters to the city masters of Sanfei, Ankude and Arika respectively, providing them with strategies on how to attack the Council City. Since Ankude and Arika were already at odds with Mo Yan due to the representative's murder incident, he did not propose reuniting in his letter.

  But he wanted to have San Feliu de Llobregat handed over to Anquetil to defend, while their legions went on to attack the other cities that were occupied by the ambitious ones. The defenses of those cities were not strong and the villages within them had only surrendered to the ambitious ones because they were forced to do so.

  As soon as Santa Fe breaks through the defensive lines near Caldra and enters those controlled areas, it will definitely get the help of villages waiting for opportunities. As long as the command is proper, those cities controlled by the coup plotters can be captured one by one. After all, other ambitious people who have just completed a coup cannot send troops to support other cities.

  As soon as the army of these coup plotters leaves, their opponents waiting in the city will immediately jump out and launch a raid to seize the city. Even if the parliament can send troops to help, it will not have much effect.

  After all, if the dispatched troops are too many, they will face the same problems as these coup plotters. And if the dispatched troops are too few, then the armies of Arika or Ankud can unite with Sanfei to annihilate this dispatched army. The Parliament City can only watch from the sidelines and cannot help these cities that theoretically submit to it.

  After eliminating the opponents in other areas, the three forces can be divided into three directions to surround the Council City and carry out the most time-consuming siege tactics. Occupy all the land outside the Council City, let the Council City lose its food supply, and only rely on the original stored grain for survival. And there are nearly 100,000 people in the Council City, and it is impossible to provide for the whole city with only military rations as stored grain.

  Without aid, the Parliamentarian city could only be forced to fight, and then the solid walls of the city would no longer be a problem. Moreover, there were still many people in the city who opposed the new emperor. Once the city chose to fight, Azera's fate was sealed, waiting for him was the gallows where he had hanged hundreds of people.

  "A perfect strategy." Claud, standing beside Mo Yan as his guard, said after hearing Mo Yan's explanation: "In that case, even if Arika and Ankud have conflicts, they will try to avoid contact with each other. First eliminate the other rebels, cut off the support of the Parliament City, and lay the groundwork for the siege later. It can be said that one ring is linked to another. Azella can only watch herself being forced into a desperate situation step by step, unable to counterattack."

  "In fact, there are still some loopholes." Mo Yan heard Claud's words and smiled proudly: "However, generally speaking, the possibility of successful execution of such a plan is very high. Even if we can't defeat the Parliament Building, we can eliminate those small town coup plotters. It's better than staying there and letting soldiers consume without doing anything."

  "But aren't your monster soldiers all on standby?" Claud asked: "Apart from training, there's nothing for them to do now."

  "This is my regular army." Mo Yan smiled and said, "Besides, I plan to open a second city, and the two extra legions will serve as its garrison, so it's not a waste. And what Erlan is using now are mobilized soldiers, originally they were village warriors, only temporarily gathered."

  During his time in Thundercliff, Claude's impression of the place was completely overturned. In his imagination, Thundercliff was a place like the Dark Lord's castle, with bats and monsters flying everywhere, and the city should be a dark and gloomy place. The people who came to Thundercliff from Sault were treated like slaves.

  But everything was not like that, the layout of Thunder Bluff is beautiful. Not only can you see small gardens everywhere, but even the houses are beautifully decorated. In the shops on the streets, all kinds of goods are dazzling, and every Salte in Thunder Bluff, although not everyone has a smile on their face, but you can feel a sense of security.

  Although there are many rules in the city, they were all set to make the city more tidy. Claud had a deep understanding of this, and was fined two silver coins just for spitting on the street! This made Claud, who only received fifty silver coins per month in the Council City, almost grit his teeth as he handed over the fine to the dwarf who collected it.

  As the master of Thundercliff, Mo Yan didn't eat bloody meat every day and live in a place like a beast's den. After following Mo Yan around for several days, Claud found that he was more like a human than a demon.

  He would joke with the mother dragon (Dà Wù) who had transformed into a girl in the villa, cook personally every day, and apart from handling various matters of Lei Yun Jue every day, he would either be holed up in his room drawing or carving stone statues for himself. The statue already had a rough shape and only needed details to come out, vividly depicting an ox-headed man carrying a battle-axe.

  Moreover, Mo Yan has a lot of strange clothes, but although they look very strange, if you take a closer look, those clothes are still good-looking, it's just that the style doesn't belong to any ethnic group on the mainland. What Mo Yan likes to wear most is a black suit called "Western-style suit", in his own words: "A Western-style suit is more suitable for office workers to wear, although I don't know who stipulated this, but wearing it like this feels pretty good."

  Of course, in some ways he is still very much like a demon, such as in his treatment of the earth spirits and some errant demons. Just the other day, Claud saw Moyan use a group of earth spirits as targets for the gray dwarves, and they were shot into a beehive. However, Claud didn't think much of it, although it was bloody, the earth spirits are ubiquitous creatures, and killing a few is no big deal.

  "The letter has been sent out." Mo Yan leaned back in his recliner, adopting a comfortable posture and said: "Next is to wait for the results, attacking those coup plotters' cities will likely consume quite a bit. The sales of Thunder Cliff will be able to go up another level again, I've also been thinking of saving money to go to Carthage to buy materials recently."

  Alright. Hearing Mo Yan's words, Claude felt the need to retract his previous evaluation. The guy in front of him, even if he looked like a human being, didn't look like a good person at all. His proposal was probably motivated by a desire to let Elan hurry up and fight so that he could make money!

  "Excuse me." At this time, Lilith pushed open the balcony door and walked over to Mo Yan, who was lying on a recliner sunbathing: "Master, you'd better go to the underground city. The latest report from Aishi says that Santos has brought a Divine Warrior, asking her to hand over control of Santos."

  "God's Chosen Warrior?" Mo Yan sat up straight and asked, "Are they the God's Chosen Warriors of the Pain Goddess that Zuo Er worships? Why have they come to Santos at this time?"

  "There is no more detailed explanation in the report." Lirien shook her head and said, "They are powerless to refuse the demands of the God-chosen warriors. Now that they have handed over control, if this problem is not solved now, the stock of Thunder Cliff's spider silk will decrease day by day until it runs out. Relying solely on Lobito's textile mill cannot meet the current demand."

  "It's really a troublesome thing." Mo Yan thought for a moment and finally sighed, "Then I can only go once. Last time, I didn't get to see the so-called God-chosen warrior, this time I'll go take a look. Why did it have to be at this time, now is exactly when Elan's situation is unstable. However, I still have to go, after all, Spider Silk is an important economic source for Lei Feng Cliff."

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